Thread 17 - the one where we have a small bit of festive escapism

[Reastie]

With this lockdown stuff I can think of no better distraction than Christmas! Online present hunting will he even more important right now too.

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Any recommendations for best place for electric scooters?

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For those with a Costco card:

Really useful box, for storing wrapping paper under £15

Bakedin cinnamon rolls box, plus rainbow cake box that looks fab, each about £6ish

Colourful sledges for about £15 that look much more than that, big and almost fabric covered. Not that it ever snows but would be a good wow present for those on a budget.

They had over sized hoodies in Lidl this week, maybe useful if you want to physically see some rather than blindly ordering online?

50% off at Hype with code HYPEOFF50

It says it’s just for the next few hours, but it’s the same code I used last month. Got some great backpacks, gym bags, hoodies and T-shirt’s.

Works on sale items too.

@MakeTeaNotWar that’s hilarious 😂. Is that M&S? So they are saying the price of gin has doubled due to fluctuations in coal and gold markets?

@TheLastStarfighter yes M&S 😂 I wanted them to honour my cancelled gin order but got nowhere

Not sure if already mentioned but just been to Aldi and picked up a colour in frozen castle for my niece. It’s big enough to sit inside (I think!!) and was £8.99. There was peppa pig and another one too.

Thanks for the Hype heads up I've just ordered ds £200 of stuff for £100

My Pound Toy order just arrived and I am really impressed.

It felt like a bit of a gamble as I wasn’t sure the quality would be up to much for the price, or even that the blindbag stuff might be fake, but it looks really good (and definitely not fake).

I’ll try to get a photo later once the kids are in bed.

code FRIENDS10 for extra 10% off

MaudHatter, try Wacom for the graphic pads.

Do Fortum and Mason ever have discount codes for their hampers? Was thinking of ordering a £60 one for in laws this year as they are impossible to buy for separately.

Just had the Pork Cracking advent calendar cancelled from Fenwick 😫 (think I get overly invested in these bargains!). Never shopped with Fenwick’s but some lovely things and very nicely packaged with a free (large) sample of Estée Lauder double wear. However on a £30 order it’s arrived on 4 different deliveries

@thelaststarfighter thanks for the hype code, been looking for a backpack for DD and ordered her a lovely pastel one. It says on the site that it's for orders over £10 but it worked fine on mine which was £9.99 in total including postage

Does anyone know of an Office code or a unidays spare please?

I've just had an unproductive chat with M&S re gin-gate too! I'm gutted. They straight away cancelled my order without me asking them too and said they couldn't substitute for rhurbarb (I ordered clementine) as it was more expensive than th

This is despite me messaging twice yesterday and being told to wait when I wanted them to resend.

Bah humbug - I won't be shopping at M&S for a while now.

Or Zalando discount or unidays?

My half price Professors Club gin has arrived. So that’s four out of five bottles of gin arrived this week

@Reastie I nominate 'gin at tea time or tears before bedtime' for next thread title

I didn’t order any of the Gin, but M&S haven’t covered themselves in glory have they.

£15 of a £45+ spend at London Sock Company with code Thankyou2020

Also they’re on TCB

@Brashopper the penhaligons was strange, I didn't get a dispatch email for the luna wash, it arrived tissue wrapped and in a cardboard box, I then got a dispatch e mail for the gift set which was my original order, no sign of it yet. I checked my paypal earlier and the original order shows on there as £2.00 for a gift box and £34.00 for just the wash. Think someone got really mixed up on that promotional item. Happy that they are sorting it out tho.

@MsMiaWallace

Does anyone know of an Office code or a unidays spare please?

Sorry but here's a long link for 15% off

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24% off everything at Miss Selfridge 48hrs only

Thanks @legume :)